Hello! The June 15th deadline for abstract submission is rapidly approaching! Please submit your abstracts at the Linux Plumbers Conference proposals web site (http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ocw/events/2009/proposals/). We now have runners for additional tracks: 1. Inter-Distributor Cooperation: James Bottomley 2. Kernel/Userspace/User Interfaces: Jim Gettys 3. Networking: Steve Hemminger 4. Storage: Matthew Wilcox In addition, we of course have the runners announced earlier: 1. Security: James Morris and Paul Moore 2. Boot and Init: Dave Jones 3. X Window System: Keith Packard 4. Embedded Systems: Greg Kroah-Hartman and David Woodhouse 5. Audio: Lennart Poettering Other topics are of course welcome in the General track. The perfect Plumbers topic would feature a real problem whose solution requires the relevant community members to get together face to face, preferably producing a solution during the conference itself. This of course requires buy-in from maintainers and other high-profile people active in the area. We have an exciting program shaping up! Tutorials include an advanced git tutorial from Linus Torvalds. Keynotes include Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, live via video with real time Q&A (invitee, to be confirmed), and Keith Packard, Intel, X Window guru. So, to be part of the excitement, please submit your abstracts by Monday June 15th!!! http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ocw/events/2009/proposals/ Thanx, Paul